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Old 10-28-2010, 09:25 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by M T McGuire View Post
yeh, so far I've had a long schpeil about my grammar - something the professional proof reader I hired missed, clearly (bugger, well, I've changed it for future editions). The other one picked up on a mention of the main character's relationship with his father which they thought was boring (unfortunately it's a fairly essential few lines).

I was reading other people's stuff thinking "this is from the middle of a novel, it may not make sense". Like yours, people seem to be reading mine thinking "why hasn't anyone explained who these people are?" Leaving me thinking "er... I did in the preceding 99 pages".

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MTM
I had the exact same response. Two mistakes the copy editor missed and one review said "I'm intrigued about the letter, but I'm one who reads the first few pages, not page 99, and you better grab me at the beginning."

I guess that reader missed the entire point of the website. Understandable, I guess. I once thought "YouTube" only showed TV shows about "you", meaning me.
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